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A sucker for the heartbeat
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crunchpatty
Old Shoe
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Jul-18-2008 01:12
Hi there :)
So - a lot of the discussion on Ctown's editorial thread about why people leave the game or stay with it have got me thinking about my own situation, and why I haven't been around very much for a while.
Not the bit about how my mail is pre-screened by a german shepard who answers to the name of Rufus and still gets paid more than I do.
Not the bit about how there's a video of me on Youtube giving a dirty Sanchez to an anorexic spider monkey named Bella.
Not the bit about how I managed to become an ambidextrous funkslinger and defeat a naughty sorceress repeatedly on another game called Kingdom of Loathing.
And not even the bit about how most of the people I used to talk to just up and left.
These would all be good reasons, but none of them are mine. Mine is about 15 weeks old, lives in the protective umbrella of Missus Patty's' tummy and makes my eyes well up every time I hear his or her heart beating, faster than a meth-freak drummer with carpal tunnel syndrome and jackrabbits for parents. But it's really about the heartbeat - the closest thing my kid has right now to speaking in the world.
So there you have it. I've sort of had my priorities shifted of late, and although I miss you all, I really have no idea when I'll have the kind of time to jerk around on the internet that I used to have. I promise I'll try my best from time to time, even if I NEVER figure out whether I have milk ducts in my man-breasts.
My love,
N
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Sophie4
Gopher to the Sleuth Gods
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Jul-18-2008 08:56
Wow, that is big news! My first thought was I hope he reads the bedtime stories from the books and not from the weird whiteboard in his head :-p
Then: Hey, another hockey player for the Leafs; exactly what they need.
Congratulations to you both.
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Lady Jas
The Chosen One
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Jul-18-2008 09:05
Actually I just say my type *CRUNCHY!!!!
There, that's better...
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Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer
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Jul-23-2008 23:38
heck how did i miss this :s
So, after all those years of slathering each other in maple syrup and hoping the bees would pollinate, you finally decided to have a go the old fashioned way...
Congratulations to you and Mrs Patty, Nat :)
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Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer
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Jul-23-2008 23:40
PS all those years of puttin' on your own man diaper is sure gonna pay off now :D
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nicnic
Battered Shoe
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Jul-24-2008 17:22
Can I call you crunchdaddy now? ;)
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Sophie4
Gopher to the Sleuth Gods
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Aug-1-2008 07:25
Is this what happens when you stop playing sleuth? I vow to play for the rest of my life ;)
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crunchpatty
Old Shoe
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Oct-31-2008 22:17
I'm now accepting entries for a "name my baby" contest. Please provide name origins where possible and please don't take it personaly if me and the missus dont go with your suggestion.
Boy and girl names are welcome. Explain why :) I will happily buy a year's sub for anyone who manages to come up with a name we we use.
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nicnic
Battered Shoe
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Nov-5-2008 18:11
I just assumed you were going to name the kid either Uncle or Auntie Badtouch. No?
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yoyofoshow
Old Shoe
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Nov-6-2008 08:19
Im going to use the same name I submitted to the Gringolds: yoyo. Orginal, short, sweet, no one asking how to spell it it's pure gold!
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crunchpatty
Old Shoe
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Nov-7-2008 23:48
Okay its good, but how do you spell that? I don't know - I'm kind of up and down about the whole thing, and I really don't know how comfortable I am naming a child after something on a string. It makes me feel funny about the whole "cutting the umbilical cord" bit.
nic - because I didn't say so before, let me clarify - that's a family name, and one is enough, thanks very much. Even hearing you utter it makes me never want to climb a tree in a boy scout uniform again. But please submit more entries, and rest assured that my promise of a year's sub can be converted into 4.5 minutes worth of free-hab at a clinic of your choosing in your area.
Any other entrants? I really don't want to spend the rest of my life telling "Hey-you face" to take out the garbage....
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